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ripvanmd
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#1: Post by ripvanmd »

Always looking for interesting Craigslist finds...any idea what this machine is? Two group lever. Seller doesn't know. I don't see portafilters.

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Steampunk Overload !!! That's a lot of copper.
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#3: Post by drgary »

I wonder if it's a retrofit of commercial lever groups to an earlier version machine. What are the groups? That thing looks big!
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ripvanmd (original poster)
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#4: Post by ripvanmd (original poster) »

This thing is about an hour away from Asheville, NC and I'm only here for a coupe days. The seller doesn't seem to know much about it other than its forty inches tall. I am a bit fascinated though and am moving to Asheville in a couple of months....
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There's less patina on top. Makes me think it once had a dome and eagle.
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#6: Post by JimH »

The groups look very much like Italcrem.
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#7: Post by day »

ripvanmd wrote:Always looking for interesting Craigslist finds...any idea what this machine is? Two group lever. Seller doesn't know. I don't see portafilters.

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Hey, if you decide not to get it please shoot me a PM, I would love to drive down and check it out.
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#8: Post by Alan Frew »

Maybe an earlier relative of this one



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#9: Post by drgary »

It looks very similar to a 1925 La San Marco model 900 and a 1928 La Pavoni two group Baby on Enrico Maltoni's site. I really do wonder whether the lever groups were retrofitted.

http://www.espressomadeinitaly.com/en/g ... llery=8323

http://www.espressomadeinitaly.com/en/g ... llery=8302

From the venting it looks like it was powered by gas at the bottom. Many well-known companies made those large urn machines, including Bezzera also.
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#10: Post by ripvanmd (original poster) replying to drgary »

Those do look similar. I'm definitely not headed that way but I gave Day the info so maybe we'll find out more. As always thanks for the help!
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